Three Rivers hosting environmental seminars
Norwich — Three Rivers Community College announced it will sponsor 15 free seminars on environmental issues.
The next lecture, scheduled for Wednesday, will feature a UConn fisheries management professor speaking about global freshwater fish popuulations. Topics for the rest of the lectures include mountain lions, coastal erosion and bird conservation.
All seminars will be held in room C101 at Three Rivers Community College on Wednesday evenings from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Two have already taken place. The seminars and lecturers are as follows:
Jason Vokoun, UConn Professor of Fisheries Management — ‘Are Global Freshwater Fish Populations Safe from Collapse?’
John Lane, United States Geological Survey — ‘Water Resources in the Developing World’
Vincent Breslin, Professor Marine Sciences SCSU — ‘Plastic Microbeads are Invading our Oceans Worldwide. What are the Impacts Internationally and in Connecticut?’
Justin Wiggins, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection — ‘The Management of Recreational Fishing, what it Means for Connecticut’s Economy and Environment’
Hedley Freake, UConn Professor of Nutritional Sciences — ‘Approaches to Eating in the United States: Consequences for our Health and Environment’
Greg Bugbee and Abigail Wiegand, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station — ‘Invasive Aquatic Plants found in CT Lakes’
Gerald Berkowitz, UConn Professor of Agriculture Biotechnology — ‘Public Perception, Human Health Risks, and Environmental Impact of Genetically Engineered Crops’
Thomas Meyer, UConn Professor of Geomatics — ‘Using GPS to Reveal Secret Lives of Mountain Lions’
Anthony Irving, Eightmile River Wild & Scenic Coordinating Committee — ‘Why Do We Save Land? The History and Role of Land Conservation as a Community Asset’
Corrie Folsom-O’Keefe, Audubon Society — ‘Bird Conservation across Connecticut and specifically in the Lyme Forest Block’
Michael Dietz, UConn Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials — ‘International and National Concerns of Stormwater Pollution: Stormwater and Low Impact Design’
James Tait, SCSU Professor of Marine Sciences — ‘Coastal Erosion, Storms and Coastal Resilience: Living with our Oceans in a Time of Climate Change’
David Stokes, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection — ‘Hazardous Waste Management Regulations’
The seminars are free and open to the public. For more information call (860) 215-9443 or email dkhan-bureau@threerivers.edu.
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